SHIGEMI YASUHARA 安原茂美
1984
Born in Saitama, Japan
Lives and works in Saitama, Japan
Shigemi Yasuhara (b. 1984 in Aichi, Japan) addresses with solemnity, the most popular subject of Nihonga: nature. Working on a signature butter-yellow background, Yasuhara depicts the branch of a tree, a vine, or a landscape in pitch perfect brush strokes and delicate colors. The paintings are fresh and captivating with the pure joy that nature paintings can offer.
EDUCATION
2016
Ph.D. in Conservation and restoration of Japanese painting, Graduate School of Conservation, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2012
MFA in Conservation and restoration of Japanese painting, Graduate School of Conservation, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2010
BFA in Nihonga, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Yasuhara Shigemi Nihonga-ten: Sokohakatonaku Tadayou Mori no Ibuki, Nihombash Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan
2022
Shitazushū Kanko kinen: Shigemi Yasuhara, SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2021
Solo Exhibition, SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2018
Solo Exhibition, SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Solo Exhibition, Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi, Japan
2015
Solo Exhibition, Art Space Rashinban, Tokyo
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Art on Paper, SEIZAN Gallery booth, New York
2018
Nihonga: Contemporary Art of Japan, SEIZAN Gallery, New York
2017
Ma no Kōzō-ten, Iwasaki Memorial Museum, Kanagawa, Japan
Something Precious: Ichigo, SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Kaku no Kai, SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2016
Natsu no Geijyutsusai 2016 Jisedai o ninau wakatesakka sakuhin-ten, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan
Dialogues avec nos aînés, Lyon, France
New Craft Exhibition, Gallery Midori, Tochigi, Japan
Hira no Kai, Artspace Rashinban, Tokyo, Japan
2015
Tokyo University of the Arts Doctoral Program Final Exhibition 2015, The University Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2014
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum selection: Kaku no Kai, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
The 2nd Mukyu no Kai, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan
2013
Haru no In-ten, Saiko Nihon Bijutsu-in, Tokyo, Japan
In-Ten, Saiko Nihon Bijutsu-in, Tokyo, Japan (through 2014)
2012
The 27th Yume no Kai, Seibu Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan
Romania-ten, Hotel Chinzanso, Tokyo, Japan
Kansei Kinen-ten Koumyouin Shouhekiga: Hasuike-zu, Fei Art Museum Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
2010
Tokyo University of the Arts graduation exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
AWARDS
2019
Grand Prize, Mirai o Ninau Nihonga Shinsedai, Yamatane Museum of Art, Nihonga Award 2019
2016
Nomura Art Award, Nomura Foundation, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
Hirayama Ikuo Culture and Art Scholarship, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2008
Ataka Award Scholarship, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The University of Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
Yamatane Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
EXHIBITIONS
Nihonga: Contemporary Art of Japan